Fish Lovers 2.0

[MacGyver]

I've never gone fishing but it sounds fun and relaxing. Our when he used to go fishing never killed them. He just put 'em back.

[Firefly_Dreamer]

How many gallons is your tank? : 46, maybe larger.
How many fish and what types are they? : None yet
How long has it been running? : about 2 months
Did you cycle it? : yes for about 2 months
If possible what are the ammonia nitrite and nitrate levels? : safe and none
What is the issue or question? : I have a few actually.
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How large should my plants be before getting fish? ('ve only done live plants one other time, but that was in a 10 gallon. this tank is considerably larger.)

How many flowers are health, or rather, can too many flowers hurt the tank?

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Also, i'd like some help. I am doing a tropical tank, but i want a couple semi-agressive fish and the rest community, but that wont work out, i think, because the one fish i want the most may eat guppies. i really want colorful fish like platys and mollies, but thee are also favorites of mine that my dad has owned (such as sharks, knives, and Angelfish). i also want gouramis. i'm not sure where to start deciding. can someone help me by telling me what can go with what, and what you think is better, community, semi-aggressive, or mix?

[LissaJo]

Username: LissaJo
How many tanks do you have: 1
Type of fish that you have: 4 red belly piranhas
Your fish's names: not named yet
How long have you had fish: 2 days (my hubby had his last pair of piranhas for about 5 years)
Photo: http://m.flickr.com/lightbox?id=8333232603

[Kickin' up dirt]

How many gallons is your tank? : 46, maybe larger.
How many fish and what types are they? : None yet
How long has it been running? : about 2 months
Did you cycle it? : yes for about 2 months
If possible what are the ammonia nitrite and nitrate levels? : safe and none
What is the issue or question? : I have a few actually.
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How large should my plants be before getting fish? ('ve only done live plants one other time, but that was in a 10 gallon. this tank is considerably larger.)

How many flowers are health, or rather, can too many flowers hurt the tank?

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Also, i'd like some help. I am doing a tropical tank, but i want a couple semi-agressive fish and the rest community, but that wont work out, i think, because the one fish i want the most may eat guppies. i really want colorful fish like platys and mollies, but thee are also favorites of mine that my dad has owned (such as sharks, knives, and Angelfish). i also want gouramis. i'm not sure where to start deciding. can someone help me by telling me what can go with what, and what you think is better, community, semi-aggressive, or mix?


And how do i join?

I would do I mix. Platys,mollies,guppies,Cory catfish, swordtail fish. You could get some baby angels.

[Firefly_Dreamer]

Username: EmokittehXD
How many tanks do you have: 5
Type of fish that you have:

in my 29 gallon, i now have two fish, Sam and Mcgee (suzie i gave to my sister for her new 10-gallon. suzie swawned in her tank, and the other fish, Oswald, ate the eggs)

in one of my 49.5 gallon- Princess and Turtle, the kissing gouramis; oreo and Zebra the angelfish, Rhinoceri the pleco, custard the cichlid, and goldie the hybrid of a gourami and cichlid.

in one of my 49.5 gallon- Karat my shubunkin, Hippopotamii my Pleco

In one of my 49.5 gallon- Plants

in my 10.5 gallon hexagon, snail

Your fish's names: listed above

How long have you had fish: i've been owning fish since 4 so about 10 or so years.

[A.K.A Raptor]

How many gallons is your tank? :
Twenty gallon
How many fish and what types are they? :
four golden barbs, a panda platy and a female red velvet swordtail
How long has it been running? :
about two months
Did you cycle it? :
yes.
If possible what are the ammonia nitrite and nitrate levels? :
I don't know, but I'm going to the store today and I'll ask if they can test it.
What is the issue or question? :
My female swordtail seems to be growing some fungus on her sides. At last night I thought it might just be some scarring on her but now it looks like..well, fungus. Is there anything I can do to help it go away then just keep the tank clean?

[Bettahorse]

Oh my gosh. The trumpet snails in my 55 gallon tank survived the water being drained, being transported in below freezing temps, and being rinsed in super hot water. How do you kill these things?! Ugh!

[MacGyver]

What does the beginning of the hole in the head disease look like? Like say, w/ a betta?

[flyteck]

Oh my gosh. The trumpet snails in my 55 gallon tank survived the water being drained, being transported in below freezing temps, and being rinsed in super hot water. How do you kill these things?! Ugh!

O.O

My minnow pretty much devoured the snails in my dad's tank within a day.. how big are trumpet snails? Because large minnow love to eat them.

[Bettahorse]

Oh my gosh. The trumpet snails in my 55 gallon tank survived the water being drained, being transported in below freezing temps, and being rinsed in super hot water. How do you kill these things?! Ugh!

O.O

My minnow pretty much devoured the snails in my dad's tank within a day.. how big are trumpet snails? Because large minnow love to eat them.

Mine are all still small right now, about 1 centimeter, but they can grow up to about an inch long. I got a loach to eat them, but it seems perhaps the shells of the trumpet snails are just too hard. They are difficult to crush with your fingers. I don't want to get any minnows. Maybe I will try getting assassin snails again.